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Hacking Sony … [T]he hackers who targeted Sony Pictures' computer network have opened a new front in cyberwar: thefts motivated not by money, but by malice. The severity and sophistication of the attack are alarming; yet aside from launching the obligatory FBI investigation, the response from government officials and from Hollywood's other studios has been strangely muted. The damage is ongoing, with the hackers leaking documents incrementally and reporters mining them for news. … Corporations have to assume they'll be targets, and never leave such things as passwords and Social Security numbers unencrypted. Few, if any, companies could defend themselves...

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Hacking Sony
… [T]he hackers who targeted Sony Pictures' computer network have opened a new front in cyberwar: thefts motivated not by money, but by malice. The severity and sophistication of the attack are alarming; yet aside from launching the...

In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film "The Interview," we have decided not to move forward with the planned Dec. 25 theatrical release.
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